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Minnesota Enacts Marriage Equality

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | “Today we have the power, the awesome power to make dreams come true,” said out gay Senator Scott Dibble, a Minneapolis Democrat, just moments before the Minnesota Legislature concluded its debate on a marriage equality bill on May 13. Later in his speech, he added, “Vote yes for love.” The measure [...]

May 13, 201367875 CommentsMinnesota+Enacts+Marriage+Equality2013-05-13+21%3A53%3A43adminRead More

Two Arrests in Second of Recent Madison Square Garden Area Bashings

BY JOSEPH EHRMAN-DUPRE AND PAUL SCHINDLER | Port Authority police made two arrests in a May 10 assault on a gay couple outside a PATH station entrance at 33rd Street and Ninth Avenue. The attack came five days after two other gay men, Nick Porto and Kevin Atkins, were pushed to the ground and punched in the [...]

May 13, 201367776 Comments2013-05-13+20%3A13%3A58adminRead More

HIV and Aging Draw Big Crowd at Town Meeting

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | Hundreds turned out for a town hall meeting on AIDS and aging that was convened in response to the death of a leading member of ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. “A kind of bubble had burst,” said Peter Staley, a longtime gay rights and AIDS activist, referring to the [...]

May 13, 201367836 Comments2013-05-13+17%3A33%3A41adminRead More

In the Game?

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” So began Jason Collins’ cover essay in the May 6 issue of Sports Illustrated, in which he became the first player in what are considered the four major North American male professional leagues — the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, Major [...]

May 8, 201367182 CommentsIn+the+Game%3F2013-05-09+03%3A18%3A14adminRead More

LGBT Advocates Wary as Senate Immigration Mark-Up Begins

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | As debate over immigration reform moves center stage in the US Senate — with the Judiciary Committee beginning mark-up this week of a comprehensive bill developed by a bipartisan group dubbed the Gang of Eight — advocates for couples in which one member is not an American citizen remain concerned they could [...]

May 8, 201367125 Comments2013-05-08+23%3A03%3A08adminRead More

Glick, Hoylman File Bill to Ban “Conversion Therapy”

BY ANDY HUMM | While California’s 2012 first-in-the-nation law to ban therapists from trying to turn gay minors into heterosexuals is being challenged in federal court, similar legislation was just introduced in the New York State Legislature — though without the backing of a strong coalition of LGBT and mental health groups. Its prospects in Albany [...]

May 8, 201367214 Comments2013-05-08+22%3A45%3A59adminRead More

Did the Kick Get Anything Started?

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | In early January of 2012, Ryan James Yezak launched a film project on kickstarter.com, the crowdfunding website. The feature-length documentary, “Second Class Citizens,” would take “an all-encompassing look at discrimination based on sexual orientation,” according to a website he has since established. The Los Angeles resident borrowed seven minutes of footage from [...]

May 8, 201367152 CommentsDid+the+Kick+Get+Anything+Started%3F2013-05-08+21%3A12%3A06adminRead More

Legal Advocates Voice Concerns About ENDA Religious Carve-Outs

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | While the introduction of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in Congress in late April was greeted with cheers by many, four legal groups said that the bill’s religious exemption was an invitation to some employers to discriminate against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. ENDA would ban discrimination based on [...]

May 8, 201367241 Comment2013-05-08+21%3A00%3A34adminRead More

Big Win for Lesbian Parents in Iowa

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on May 3 that a state law providing that the husband of a married woman who gives birth to a child is the presumptive father is unconstitutional to the extent that it doesn’t provide the same presumption of parentage for married lesbian couples. The high court [...]

May 8, 20136727No CommentBig+Win+for+Lesbian+Parents+in+Iowa+++2013-05-08+20%3A00%3A22adminRead More

Fed Employee Grievance Ruling Dings DOMA, Oregon Marriage Ban

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | A federal appeals court judge, hearing a grievance case brought by a US public defender, has ruled she is entitled to coverage for her same-sex spouse under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. In an April 24 decision, Judge Harry Pregerson, ruling on a claim brought by attorney Alison Clark, [...]

May 8, 20136729No Comment2013-05-08+19%3A50%3A41adminRead More

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